Beauty helps me achieve immortality

The days that followed were dull and boring.

Every day I practice alchemy, dual cultivation, work, eat, meditate and sleep.

After the Ascension Conference, Huozaofang became lively again. The addition of fresh blood made the entire sect seem full of vitality.

Young errand disciples can be seen every day. They are enthusiastic, capable, easy to talk to, and are loved by everyone.

The T-shaped courtyard, which originally seemed a bit deserted, can now hear the noise from next door every day.

Seven days flew by.

Early that morning, Miao Jian came to visit again.

"Senior Brother Zhao! Senior Brother Zhao! Good news!"

Zhao Qing looked puzzled and waited for the other party to speak.

"A few days ago, Senior Brother Zhao reminded us to go out for a walk. Last night, after completing my mission, I went to Danxia City overnight. Guess who I met?"

Zhao Qing showed an interested expression: "Oh? Tell me about it."

"I met Senior Brother Ma Zhe!"

Zhao Qing: ...

Who is Ma Zhe?

"That night, a fight broke out in the city. When I passed by, I happened to see a senior brother wearing a green robe nearby. I think he is the senior brother on duty in the inner sect that you mentioned."

"When he saw me in my menial uniform, he called me over, checked my ID badge, and assigned me a task!"

"Senior Brother Ma Zhe had something important to attend to and couldn't leave at the last minute, so he arranged for me to patrol the West Quarter."

"He even showed me his patrol officer's hand card!"

Zhao Qing: ...

Beautifully done.

"You went to Xifang?"

Miao Jian nodded excitedly and said, "Yes! I patrolled all night and everything was peaceful and calm. It's a pity that there were too few people at night, so I didn't meet the Foundation Establishment Senior."

Zhao Qing nodded slightly.

He instructed again, "Since this is arranged by the inner sect brothers, I don't think anything will go wrong. But try to avoid going to the West Quarter, there are too many seniors there."

Miao Jian looked determined and nodded heavily.

"I understand Senior Brother Zhao's care! I will definitely keep it in mind!"

"By the way, Senior Brother, I came here to ask, Senior Brother Ma has been taking such good care of me, and I just received the Qi Gathering Pill, should I go and visit him?"

Zhao Qing remained calm and sighed slightly in his heart.

"Where are you visiting?"

Miao Jian said, "Of course we should go to Danxia City. We should be able to find it. Brother, do you know where the inner sect brothers live?"

Zhao Qing shook his head slightly, stood up and said, "I haven't paid attention to it either. As for the visit you mentioned, the inner sect brothers are usually busy, so you may not meet them again."

"What if we meet?"

“You can visit.”

Miao Jian thanked him repeatedly, then said goodbye and left the yard. Not long after, exclamations came from next door.

Zhao Qing ignored him, turned around and went into the quiet room to continue refining the elixir.

I am only one step away from mastering the Qi Gathering Pill and making a breakthrough. The most urgent thing is to work hard on refining the pill, and all other trivial matters will be put on the back burner.

As for Miao Jian's situation, he didn't take it to heart at all. He was a young man after all, and maybe he would soar to great heights.

"Am I getting old? My thinking isn't keeping up with the young people's?"

This thought popped up in Zhao Qing's mind, and then he shook his head slightly.

Try to avoid risky things. This is not your previous life. No trouble is easy to solve. One wrong step will lead to an abyss.

He picked up the Qi Gathering Pill liquid that he had just failed to refine and walked out of the quiet room.

"Shuyue, the medicinal food is ready, come and drink it."

The girl took it with both hands and drank it all in one gulp very obediently.

As soon as she put down the casserole, her originally fair skin turned red, like a ripe peach.

"Husband, the drug is stronger now. I can feel that tickling sensation in my limbs."

Zhao Qing stroked his wife's forehead and told her to practice well and reach the innate level as soon as possible. Even if she was not gifted, she could still improve her physical fitness.

Failure is the mother of success. As he keeps trying, even if he fails to make the pill, the medicinal properties of the spiritual herbs can still be retained to a large extent.

However, due to the limitations of his realm, the quality of his spiritual energy and his control were always insufficient, making it difficult to refine multiple pills at a time.

"Aren't you going to work today, husband?"

Zhao Qing shook his head slightly. He had no intention of doing anything else unless he refined the last Qi Gathering Pill.

……

At noon, the sun is shining brightly.

Zhao Qing walked out of the quiet room with a bitter face, burped, looked at the small amount of firewood in the yard, took his tools and headed for Shouyun Mountain.

"Well, don't be impatient. Take your time. Take your time."

The closer he got to the final step, the more difficult it was for him to grasp the opportunity to make the pill. Instead of drinking medicinal food at home, he might as well go to the mountains to relax.

The best way to ruin a hobby is to treat it as a job.

The high intensity of alchemy in recent days made Zhao Qing a little depressed, and he felt that even swinging the axe to chop down trees was like taking a rest.

In the evening, when he was submitting a task in the kitchen, he happened to meet Wang Teng who was on duty.

The other person smiled at him and said nothing.

Zhao Qing just called him senior brother and didn't talk about anything else. After all, it was just a transaction before, and Wang Teng might have forgotten who he was.

After chatting with someone he knew in the kitchen for a few minutes, he left the kitchen with the food.

According to the people in the kitchen, a total of six outer disciples were born in the Ascension Conference a few days ago, which is more than ever before. Among them, there is one with top-grade water spiritual roots, who has been designated as a personal disciple.

As for the menial disciples, most of them were assigned to the Spirit Mine Workshop and the Alchemy Grass Workshop, and the Fire Stove Workshop received much less resources than before.

The trial of the sect's Alchemy Hall is about to begin.

Moreover, a fight broke out in Danxia City the night before, which was suspected to be related to other forces and not a conflict between independent cultivators.

Although this information had nothing to do with Zhao Qing, he still wrote it down silently.

After all, living here, knowing more about current affairs will be of great benefit to your future decisions.

Everything is done with preparation, and nothing is done without preparation. That's how it is.

Zhao Qing planned to use up all the herbs he had, then go down the mountain again, sell all the Qi Gathering Pills in his hand, and buy new herbs. If there was enough left, he would also buy a protective amulet for Wang Shuyue. It didn't matter if he didn't use it, but it would be troublesome if he didn't have it on hand when he needed it.

After returning home, having a simple meal and resting.

He began to meditate to recover his spiritual energy and prepare for tonight's battle...

Midnight.

After Zhao Qing drank two pots of medicinal food in succession, he finally had a spiritual blessing and the elixir was ready.

A virtual panel suddenly appeared.

[Obtain Qi Gathering Pill Proficiency: 1]

[Qi-Gathering Pill Mastery: A glimpse of the basics, reaching the highest level (10/10) and a breakthrough is possible]

His eyes locked onto it, he silently chanted "breakthrough" in his mind, and the scene before his eyes changed instantly.

There was a flash of light, and the words on it seemed to come alive, slowly moving, and finally four new big words appeared: Comprehensive understanding.

[Qi Gathering Pill Mastery: Mastery and Integration (0/100)]

Correspondingly, Zhao Qing found that he had a deeper understanding of the medicinal properties of the Qi Gathering Pill.

It is specifically targeted at the properties of magical herbs.

"Lotus pods are cool in nature and love water. They invigorate blood circulation, dredge meridians, regulate qi and calm the mind. They are used as the main medicine because they must first dredge the meridians before they can be supplemented with spiritual energy to build up the channels. Therefore, the main medicine should be based on the lotus pod, with blood vine as the skeleton, ephedra as the surface, and spirit-eating grass as the heart, supplemented by the auxiliary medicines..."

Zhao Qing reflected for a moment and seemed to understand something.

He took out the Qi Gathering Pill from the casserole and started a new furnace.

Until the early morning.

Five furnaces and three pills!

[Qi Gathering Pill Mastery: Mastery and Integration (3/100)]

The success rate of pills is much higher than before!

What was even more fortunate was that, perhaps due to the continuous extraction of spiritual energy and digestion of the elixir over the past few days, he vaguely felt that the state of cultivation he had maintained for many years had loosened a little.

This made Zhao Qing's heart, which had been silent for many years, excited again.

If one can successfully reach the fourth level of Qi Refining, he will be considered to have entered the middle stage.

The requirements for the late stage of Qi training for outer disciples are just around the corner.

Well, the years are peaceful and the future is promising!